Data
How important is it really?
Where do I begin?
Review
- end of year state test
- end of year campus benchmarks
- break it down by content, grade level, teacher, TEK, SE, student, sub pops
- # of discipline referrals, by teacher, student
- compare longitudinal data over a period of time to see trends or patterns
- parent concerns to admin...look for pattern
- if a student is an A/B student throughout the year, then state scores should match
- analyze six weeks test grade to daily grades within a six weeks
- compare teacher average to campus average
Now what???
Look at the big picture for
- patterns, trends, holes or gaps in instruction, concerns, percentage of students effected, etc.
- Ask your self "why" three times to get to the root of the problem. Once there you can begin to solve the problem.
- Identify the problem, is it instruction, curriculum, time/scheduling, classroom management, etc.
- Collaborate with team and determine options to implement.
Data charts which will inform your instruction.
Longitudinal 4th grade writing
Assess program.
Longitudinal student data
Begin tracking student data from kindergarten.
Yearly discipline referrals
Remember, "What is best for students always drives your decisions."
Questions to ponder...
- How do I help my teachers see the importance of data and how much it can tell us in regards to student learning?
- Can data inform more than instruction, and if so what would it look like?
- How can administrators support teachers in using data to make daily instructional decisions in the classrooms?
Future goals...
Rann 3 year plan
Highlighted areas were met and many of them moved on to the next year, as part of the campus plan.
Parent Survey
Notes were written in areas that were addressed throughout the year, which helped to give a plan for the next year.
RIGBY End of year report for 2009-10
Kinder-2nd is addressed on this report, broken down by teachers BOY data to EOY data. Also discussed the interventions that struggling students received.
Decatur Leadership
Data Meeting October 2013